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The Bucharest Metro uses 1,432 mm (4 ft 8 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) gauge. The Washington Metro uses 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (1,429 mm), 1 ⁄ 4 in (6 mm) narrower than standard gauge. The Mount Washington Cog Railway, the world's oldest mountain-climbing rack-and-pinion railway, uses a 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm) gauge.
Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.
1.75 m – (5 feet 8 inches) – height of average U.S. male human as of 2002 (source: U.S. CDC as per female above) 2.4 m – wingspan of a mute swan; 2.5 m – height of a sunflower; 2.7 m – length of a leatherback sea turtle, the largest living turtle; 2.72 m – (8 feet 11 inches) – tallest-known human (Robert Wadlow) [31]
This corresponds to a well-stacked woodpile, 4 feet deep by 4 feet high by 8 feet wide (122 cm × 122 cm × 244 cm), or any other arrangement of linear measurements that yields the same volume. A more unusual measurement for firewood is the "rick" or face cord.
18 (N= m:358 f:360, SD= m:6.8 cm (2.7 in) f:6.1 cm (2.4 in)) 1.6%: Measured: 2006–2008 [53] Cuba – Urban: 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) 156 cm (5 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1.08: 15+ 100.0%: Measured: 1999 [54] Czech Republic: 177.7 cm (5 ft 10 in) 164.4 cm (5 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1.08: 25–64 (N= m:788 f:896) 68.5%: Measured: 2016–2017 [55] Czech Republic ...
173 cm: 8 in 20 cm 1860: Abraham Lincoln: 6 ft 4 in 193 cm: Stephen A. Douglas [73] John C. Breckinridge [74] 5 ft 4 in 6 ft 2 in: 163 cm 188 cm: 12 in 2 in: 30 cm 5 cm 1856: James Buchanan: 6 ft 0 in 183 cm: Millard Fillmore John C. Frémont [75] 5 ft 9 in 5 ft 9 in: 175 cm 175 cm: 3 in 3 in: 8 cm 8 cm 1852: Franklin Pierce: 5 ft 10 in 178 cm ...
1 / 33 m: 3.030 cm 1250 / 37,719 yd: 1.193 in Taiwanese inch; Same as Japanese Sun: Chhioh: Chhak: Chǐ: 尺: 1 10 / 33 m: 30.30 cm 12,500 / 37,719 yd: 11.93 in Taiwanese foot; Same as Japanese Shaku: Tn̄g: Chhong: Zhàng: 丈: 10 100 / 33 m: 3.030 m 125,000 / 37,719 yd: 9 ft 11.3 in Taiwanese ...
One version of the proportions used in modern figure drawing is: [4] An average person is generally 7-and-a-half heads tall (including the head). An ideal figure, used when aiming for an impression of nobility or grace, is drawn at 8 heads tall. A heroic figure, used in the depiction of gods and superheroes, is eight-and-a-half heads tall. Most ...